Erik has wanted to be a father for as long as he can remember -- but now that the day is finally here, he's terrified. Surely a ham-fisted Viking of a man like Erik shouldn't be allowed to handle things as tiny and delicate as his new baby girl?<br><br>But it's not just his daughter that's come into Erik's world. His partner has finally returned too. After nine months of watching Andreas struggle with the mental and physical toll of being a man and being pregnant at the same time, the birth of their daughter is both a beginning and an ending.<br><br>Erik is a father for the first time -- but not everything that comes next is new.

Erik the Pink

That was all he knew about her. She was called Isabel Bibiano Alvarez, and she was from San Sebastian. That was it. He’d never seen a picture of her. He’d never heard her voice. He knew her only fractionally more than he knew his own mother, and held her in the same low regard. After all, they had both abandoned their children. His own at eighteen months, Isabel at eighteen years.


My name is Erik, and I’m your son’s partner. We’ve been together for two and a half years now. We have our own house, and we’re planning on getting married someday soon. I make him laugh, he makes me sensible (sometimes) and we both make each other happy. He’s the second-best thing that ever happened to me, and it’s because of him that the absolute best thing ever happened so he occupies both spots, really.


Chapter 26